Place of Interest

Centro de Interpretación Paleontológica de La Rioja

As well as interpreting and explaining the geological and palaeontological aspects of the Region of La Rioja, visitors will be able to discover the interest aroused by this valuable legacy from the past and its importance in the context of Spanish European and world geology.

Through various thematic spaces the visitor will be able to read and see a series of didactic messages which will take him on a fascinating journey through time,back to distant geological origins of La Rioja.

Perhaps the most spectacular discovery in the area was a fossilised conifer trunk 11 metres long, this incredible trunk is 4 km. From the village, on the hill opposite the shrine of Our Lady of el Villar, and is right on the side of the Cornago road.